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What a way to return to the field. Elida’s football program had been on an eight-year hiatus, but came back as strong as ever this season, earning a No. 2 seed in the state Six-Man playoffs and going 9-1 so far. And Saturday, they’ll carry that record into the state Six-Man championship game against top-seeded Animas. Eight-year layoff? What eight-year layoff? “We’ve got good athletes,” Elida head coach Jared Hestand said, “and I’ve worked with them since they were in junior high. And they already knew my offense since...
I still remember the feelings I had around this time of year when I was a senior in high school. With only one semester remaining before I’d be going out into the world alone, I felt such a sense of impatience to move to that next part of my life. Probably the most commonly heard phrase for me during those days was “Enjoy it now, you’ll miss these days when you’re gone.” So many of the people around me remembered the loss and sadness they felt upon leaving high school. Graduation was bittersweet for them, and they were cert...
The Attorney General’s Office is warning women who competed for the Miss New Mexico crown, sash and scholarship that they may be at risk of financial exploitation — a caution that could have national implications. AG Hector Balderas is expected to issue a fraud alert advising former contestants that their private information — including financial data, Social Security numbers and home addresses — may have been breached after a search of ousted Miss New Mexico executive director Greg Smith’s cattle ranch in Elida last mont...
I have lived in the South my whole life. My father was a descendant of slave owners. My mother’s family was too poor to own slaves, but her ancestors did not oppose slavery. As a grade-school child before integration, all my buddies used the “N word” to describe people of African-American descent, yet my brothers and I were not allowed to speak that way. We were being taught, in effect, to go against your culture if you believe your culture to be wrong. This was not how my parents were raised. What changed them? In 1945,...
SANTA ROSA — If there’s anything the baby boomers did well, it’s music. We rocked. Of course, rock and roll wasn’t born entirely out of our generation. It was the byproduct of all sorts of musical genres, including and especially rhythm and blues and Southern Gospel. Suffice it to say, I’m no expert on music — I can’t read music, nor do I play a serious instrument — but I think I have a few insights owed to my eclectic taste of musical genres. It takes no great insight, however, to see that the music that came out of the...
Emotions are running hot on the topic of immigration these days, both for and against, with most of the current drama surrounding birthright citizenship and migrant caravans. Immigration is a government-caused problem that can’t be solved with more government. I’m not talking about people being imported and settled by government; that’s not immigration. I completely oppose such government programs. I’m only talking about people making their own way to a new place. People tend...
When the United States entered the Great War against Germany in April 1917, Tucumcari’s Isaac Kirkpatrick was attending law school at Valparaiso, Indiana. He withdrew from school immediately and went to Chicago to enlist in the military. The Army wouldn’t take him at first. “On account of his eyes he was turned down,” the Tucumcari Daily News reported. But Kirkpatrick persisted and “tried at another place,” to enlist. Again, he was turned away. “He had been using his eyes too much at studies and could not get by,” the pape...
Historians estimate more than 115,000 Americans died in the first modern-day Great War we’ve come to call World War I. That casualty list included about 500 in New Mexico; dozens from our part of the state have been identified as killed in action or dead from wounds, accident or disease. Sunday, Veterans Day, marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Veterans organizations throughout the region are celebrating the end of the first “war to end all wars” with a series of open houses and ceremonies. Clovis’ annual V...
CLOVIS — Come Christmas time, a little shoebox can go a long way. Literally. Starting Monday, Parkland Baptist Church in Clovis will once again be accepting donations for Operation Christmas Child in which shoeboxes filled with gifts like toys, school supplies and clothing will be sent to children in need all across the globe. According to the website for Samaritan's Purse, the Christian humanitarian organization that organizes the project, Operation Christmas Child, has s...
CLOVIS — Where else but the High Plains can a shooting tournament at a gun range raise enough money to sustain a local safe house? Maybe a few other places — but it definitely occurred last weekend with the "Top Shot Tournament" benefiting The Oasis Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) in Clovis. "In the darkest hours is when you come up with some of the most creative answers," CAC's Director Cheryl Little said of her idea for the event, in cooperation with the general man...
TUCUMCARI — Workers on Oct. 25 dismantled and hauled away a 1950s-era neon sign from the Cactus RV Park in Tucumcari after a collector from Albuquerque purchased it. It was the second time in less than a year a vintage neon sign along Route 66 in Tucumcari was taken away. In February, a sign collector in Wisconsin bought the Paradise Motel sign on the town's west end after the long-abandoned property sustained its second suspicious fire in less than six months. A prominent R...
CLOVIS — With a flourish of pens and a light round of applause among board members, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority signed off on the latest additions to an "incredibly significant" development for the project's storied history. In a special meeting Monday morning, board chair and Clovis Mayor David Lansford called the contract for the "Finished Water 2" interim pipeline "one of the biggest deals that's happened in eastern New Mexico. "This is a proud day for me...
CLOVIS — Eastern New Mexico will have several opportunities this week to recognize the sacrifice made by men and women in the military with a week of activities that began Monday night. Multiple veterans organizations hosted or will be hosting open houses this week in lead up to Saturday's Veterans Day parade, which will make its way down Clovis' Main Street starting at 10 a.m. Vernon Luce, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3280, said the open houses are social g...
TEXICO — It was a downed airplane rather than a locomotive that held up traffic Monday night at the train tracks in Texico, the site of an emergency landing in which none of the occupants were seriously injured. "We are good, just sore!" Cammy Reed wrote in a message Tuesday to The News. "God took care of us and I am grateful." Reed and her husband Jeff, both 54, were passengers on the flight piloted by their son, who managed a landing that astounded officials. "We are a... Full story
CLOVIS — A town hall with officials and experts regarding the recent water contamination from Cannon Air Force Base is scheduled for Friday evening in Clovis, according to a news release Tuesday. The event will be from 5 to 7 p.m. at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, and will involve “subject matter experts” from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, the FDA, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the state’s departments of the Environment, Agric... Full story
CLOVIS — It’s a big week for Clovis High, a week that quite a few athletes in purple have been looking forward to, have aspired to, since August. Today at 3:30 p.m., Clovis’ fifth-seeded boys soccer team (17-2-1) will be playing a state 5A quarterfinal against fourth-seeded Albuquerque (15-2-1) at the Bernalillo High School soccer complex. On Saturday, Clovis’ cross country team will be at Rio Rancho for the state championship meet, beginning at 9 a.m. Not exactly a ho-hum...
CLOVIS — You can take Clovis High’s football record, good and bad alike, and toss it in the trash. It’s state playoff time. A brand new season. “We were just telling the kids today, everybody’s 0-0 again,” Clovis head coach Cal Fullerton said after Monday’s practice at Leon Williams Stadium. “So our kids are excited, man. Ready to go, for sure.” “Really excited,” Wildcats senior linebacker Ian Yruegas said Monday. “I was hoping we’d get to stay at home, but it’s still exci...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Zachary White, 18, out of state fugitive • Michael Bradley, 60, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Isaiah Ulibarri, 23, forgery (make or alter) • Patricia Porras, 52, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Juan Arrieta-Ibarra, 47, trespass, use of telephone to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harrass, annoy or offend • Isaiah Johnson, 21, concealing identity, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful parking in disabled pa...
A third-generation family business with locations in Portales and Clovis was recognized earlier this month by the Parker Center for Family Business as the New Mexico Family Business of the Year. The Merrick family operates the third-generation Ace Hardware store in Portales, the second-generation Ashley HomeStores in Clovis and Portales and the Enchantment Vineyards winery that opened in Portales earlier this year, with over 60 full-time and part-time employees across the...
Portales’ football team is already reaping some rewards for its success. With a four-game winning streak taking them to 7-3 by the end of the regular season, the Rams get a No. 2 seed in the state 4A playoffs, a bye week, and a comfortable view of the first round. And, Portales already knows quite a bit about the quarterfinal round, too, even though it’s a week-and-a-half away. The Rams know their quarterfinal game will be at Greyhound Stadium the weekend before Tha...
On this date ... 1968: Piggly Wiggly stores were giving away up to $1,000 in their "Post Time At The Races" game, and selling "Revere Ware" cookware at "amazing prices." This week's grocery specials included: • Turkeys for 39 cents per pound • Smoked ham at 59 cents per pound • Scott Towels, in assorted colors, for 27 cents per jumbo roll • Eggs for 43 cents per dozen • Random House American Dictionary for 99 cents The stores gave S&H Green Stamps with each purchase....
PORTALES — Keith Parrish has lost cases so far in state and federal courts, but the former corrections officer is not done with his claims that he was overworked and undercompensated while employed by Roosevelt County. Late last month a judge ruled in favor of the Roosevelt County Board of Commissioners on Parrish’ civil complaint alleging breach of contract, but his attorney started the appeal just days later and still wants a trial on the matter, according to court records. Eric Dixon wrote that Parrish was owed com...
Today • Clovis Community College board of trustees — 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: 575-769-4001 Friday • Curry County Commission special meeting (to canvass election) — 1:30 p.m., Commission Chambers, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission special meeting (to canvass election) — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Cannon Air Force town hall on water contamination — 5 p.m.-7 p....
Today • Tiny Tots — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Preschool storytime “Amazing America” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 • Teens and tweens activity: homemade felt coasters — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 • Aviation history month dinner and U.S. Air Force documentary — 5 p.m., Wheatfields Senior Living Community, 4701 N. Prince St., Clovis. Information...
OASIS STATE PARK - Good fishing takes patience, sure, but you still need the fundaments. There was a little bit of both at Oasis State Park's 26th annual "Kids Fishin' Clinic" Saturday morning outside Portales, with organizers leading six educational stations for almost three dozen children. The idea was to lure more young people into the outdooring life. "I like to see people bringing their kids out here," said Clovis' Deb Whitecotton, who assisted with the event. "Get them...
